Also see Seasons, Water and Sun, Moon and Stars.
Page Toppers
- Backyard Barbecue
- Bathing Beauties
- Beat the Heat
- The Boys of Summer
- Diving into Summer
- Dog Days of Summer
- End of Summer
- Endless Summer
- Floating into Summer
- Fun in the Sun
- Fun Under the Sun
- Happy Summer Days
- Heat Wave
- HELLLLO Sunshine
- Here Comes the Sun
- Hot Fun in the Summer Time
- Hot, Hot, Hot
- Hot Stuff
- Hundred and One in the Sun
- I Know What You Did Last Summer
- I Love Summertime
- In the Good Ol' Summertime
- In the Heat of the Night
- It's HOT! HOT! HOT!
- July is Just for Fun
- Jumpin' June
- June is Bustin' Out All Over
- June Night
- Lakeside Adventures
- Lazy, Crazy, Hazy Days of Summer
- Lazy Days of Summer
- Lazy Summer Evening
- Let the Sun Shine in
- Lickin' the Heat (Popsicles)
- A Little Taste of Summer (picnic)
- Long Hot Summer
- Make Hay While the Sun Shines
- May the Sun Shine Warm Upon Your Face
- Much Fun in the Sun
- On a Summer's Day
- One Crazy Summer
- One Fine Day
- Our Little Fish
- A Place in the Sun
- Pool Fun
- S is for Summer!
- Seasons in the Sun
- School's Out for the Summer
- Sizzlin' Summer
- Sleepy Summer Days
- Sleepy, Sunny Summer
- A Slice of Summer (watermelon)
- Some Like it Hot
- Some, Some Summertime
- Splashing
- Splashin' Good Fun
- Splashing' Good Time
- Splish Splash
- Staying Cool in the Pool
- Summer at the Shore
- Summer Buzzin'
- Summer Days
- Summer Days and Summer Nights
- Summer Days are Here Again
- Summer Fun
- Summer in the City
- Summer Love
- Summer Means Fun
- Summer Morning
- Summer of ('42)
- Summer Skies and Golden Sands
- Summer Souvenirs
- A Summer's Day
- Summertime in the City
- Summertime is...
- Summertime Swim Fun
- Sun and Fun
- Sun Fried Brains
- The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow
- Sweet Summer Day
- Sweet Summer Fun
- Swim Through Summer
- Swingin' into Summer
- Things We Did Last Summer
- This is the Cure for the Summertime Blues
- Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer
- Too Darn Hot
- Too Hot to Handle
- Too Much Fun in the Sun
- Watch Out Summer...Here I Come!
- Water Fight
- Water Fun
- Wet n' Wild
- Where's the Lemonade?
(Note: Many of these page toppers were compiled by Jean Gifford. They are for free distribution only.)
Quotes
- Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. (Russell Baker)
- I gotta get my life together. The extreme heat wave this summer made me realize I can’t go to hell.
- I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one for me. (André Gide)
- If a summer night could talk, it would probably boast that it invented romance. (B. Williams)
- A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing...and the lawn mower is broken. (James Dent)
- Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. (Henry James)
- Summer is a time to lay back, hang with friends, and soak up the sun. (Mandy Simpson)
- Summer isn't over until the school bell rings. (Nora Roberts)
- Summer must be over. My neighbor just returned my lawn furniture.
- What is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. (James Russell Lowell)
- When it comes to getting a suntan, ignorance is blister.
- Where there is sunshine, there is also shade
Running Through the Sprinkler
You can let the water chase you,
You can jump across the spray.
When you're running
through the sprinkler,
There are lots of games to play.
You can stay there
as the water comes,
or run every-which-way,
When you're running
through the sprinkler
on a sunny summer day.
Summer Night
(Jean McKinney)
A summer evening's lovely
With its shadows blue and deep
And its busy crickets strumming
Drowsy songs to make us sleep.
With its flitting fireflies glowing,
With its stars so big and bright,
And its gentle breezes sighing
Little secrets through the night.
Summers at the Beach
Remember summers at the beach?
Chasing gulls just out of reach;
It seems such a shameless crime
To leave our childhood summertimes
Summer Vacation
(Mary Ann Hoberman)
In my head I hear a humming:
Summer, summer summer's coming.
Soon we're going on vacation
But there is a complication:
Day by day the problem's growing--
We don't know yet where we're going!
Mother likes the country best;
That's so she can read and rest.
Dad thinks resting is a bore;
He's for fishing at the shore.
Sailing is my brother's pick;
Sailing makes my sister sick;
She says swimming's much more cool,
Swimming in a swimming pool.
As for me, why, I don't care,
I'd be happy anywhere!
Bed in Summer
(Robert Louis Stevenson)
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way
I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown up people's feet
Still going past me in the street,
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?
I love summer!
I love summer! Summer is hot.
It's sun and shade.
It's water to wade.
It's frogs and bugs.
It's grass for rugs.
It's eating outside.
It's a tree-swing ride.
It's tomatoes and corn.
It's dew in the morn.
It's dogs and boys
And lots of noise.
It's a hot sunny sky.
It's summer. That's why . . .
I love summer.
Sing a Song of Summer
(Kay Winters)
When crickets sing
their evening song
and
fireflies turn
their lanterns on
and
spiders spin
at early dawn
and weave their cobwebs
on my lawn--
It's summer.
Song of Summer
(Margaret Wise Brown)
Here comes a bunny
The first to stray
Out of April
And into May.
And here comes a robin
The first to fly
Out of June
And into July.
Here are the fireflies
Last to remember
The end of August
And first of September.
And here comes a caterpillar
The last to creep
Out of summer
And into sleep.
Lullaby for Summer Nights
(Elsie S. Lindgren)
Quietly hums
each breeze that passes
lullabies
in the trees and grasses
over and over
singing the words,
weaving a dream
for the tired birds,
hushing the nestlings
snuggled in trees,
and mice, and foxes,
and newborn bees,
and restless bugs
in hammocks of clover,
rocking, murmuring
over and over
lullabies in the treetops,
lullabies in the grasses!
In the summer
In the summer when the days are hot,
I like to find a shady spot,
And hardly move a single bit
And sit, and sit, and sit, and sit.
To the Summer Breeze
Summer breeze, so softly blowing,
In my garden pinks are growing,
If you'll go and send the showers,
You may come and smell my flowers.
June
(Aileen Fisher)
The day is warm
and a breeze is blowing,
the sky is blue
and its eye is glowing,
and everything's new
and green and growing . . .
My shoes are off
and my socks are showing . . .
My socks are off . . .
Do you know how I'm going?
BAREFOOT!
from The Vision of Sir Launfal
(James Russell Lowell)
And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days;
Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune,
And over it softly her warm ear lays:
Whether we look, or whether we listen,
We hear life murmur, or see it glisten;
Every clod feels a stir of might,
An instinct within it that reaches and towers,
And, grasping blindly above it for light,
Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers;
The flush of life may well be seen
Thrilling back over hills and valleys;
The cowslip startles in meadows green,
The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice,
And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean
To be some happy creature's palace.
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Summer ABC's
(Compiled by Denny Davis)
A - August, absolutely amazing, amusement park, annual ____, activities, adventures, Adirondack chair, airplane rides, anticipation, awesome sunsets
B - beach, backyard barbecues, badminton, beautiful ____, blissful, boats, bathing suits, barefoot, bugs, busy having fun, biking
C - crickets, childhood memories, camping, canoeing, carefree, carnival, circus, casual, cookouts
D - Dog Days, dazzling sunshine, daydreams, deck chair, delightful, dozing
E - endless, eager, enjoyment, enthusiasm, entertainment, everybody loves summer, extra special times
F - fun, fireworks, fireflies, fishing, family time, fans, Fourth of July, freckles, freedom
G - Good Old Summertime, grass, garden, games, giggles, gone fishin', gorgeous weather, grasshoppers
H - hot, hammock, happy days, hide-and-go-seek
I - I Love Summer, ice cream, ice cubes, ice tea, insects, interesting things to do
J - June, July, June bugs, jet ski, journeys, joy, jump rope
K - kids, kickball, knee pads, Kool-Aid
L - lake, lazy, lawn chair, laughter, leisure, lemonade, lightning bugs, lounge chair
M - mowing the lawn, magnificent, marvelous, mellow, memories
N - no school!, national park, nifty, noisy, nonstop fun
O - outside, oodles of fun, ordinary day, outstanding
P - picnics, playing, Popsicles, pool, parade, perfect, pleasant, parks
Q - barbeQue, quality time, quenching your thirst, quest for fun, quite ____
R - rain, running through the sprinkler, reunions, riding bikes, ray of sunshine, relaxing resting
S - sunshine, splashing, swimming, swimming pool, sailing, seeking shade, sand castles, skinned knees, sleeping in, spontaneous, straw hat, sunburn
T - tan, too hot!, travel, thermometer, thirsty, thrills
U - ultimate ___, unbelievable, underwater fun, unforgettable, UV rays
V - vacation, very ___, visiting friends, vivid colors, voyages
W - water, warm, wading, watermelon
X - relaXation, eXcellent, xeroscape, eXotic places
Y - yard work, yearly vacation, yippee!, young at heart
Z - zany, zestful, zippy
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Songs about June
- I Married My Wife in the Month of June - Big Smith (2001)
- June Bride - The Reflections (1965)
- June in January - Dean Martin (1959)
- June is Bustin' Out All Over - Sammy Kaye Orchestra (1949)
- June July and August - Freddy Cannon (1962)
- June Night - Ray Conniff Orchestra (1964)
- Last Day of June 1934, The - Al Stewart (1974)
- Memphis in June - The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1962)
- Ninth of June - Galactic Cowboys (1996)
- Rose in June, A - Dave Webber and Anni Fentiman (1996)
- Rosebud in June - Steeleye Span (1972)
- Sixth of June - Conya Doss (2004)
- Tenth of June - Amateur Boyfriend (2004)
- Tulips in June - Rob Lynch (2003)
- We'll Be Married in June - Cliff Jackson (1930)
Songs about July
- 4th of July - George Jones and Shooter Jennings (2005)
- Born on the Fourth of July - Tom Paxton (1977)
- Cold Day in July - The Dixie Chicks (2000)
- Fifth of July - Terry Reid (1991)
- Fourth of July at a Country Fair - Jack Herrick (1979)
- July 12, 1939 - Charlie Rich (1970)
- July is Just for Fun - Sally K. Albrecht (2006)
- July Morning - Uriah Heep (1971)
- June July and August - Freddy Cannon (1962)
- Roses on the Fourth of July - Nanci Griffith (2001)
- Sixth of July - The High Water Marks (2004)
- Twelfth of July, The - Tom Brandon (1958)
- When the Rain Tumbles Down in July - Slim Dusty (1979)
Songs about August
- 33rd of August - Waylon Jennings (1970)
- August - Love (2003)
- August Gale - Christina Smith and Jean Hewson (2004)
- August, October - Robin Gibb (1970)
- Fifth of August, The - River City Brass Band (2003)
- June July and August - Freddy Canon (1962)
- Tenth of August - Swedish Radio Jazz Group (2008)
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Songs about Summer
- Alabama Summertime - James Talley (1977)
- Beat the Heat - Alan Munde (1975)
- Cloudy Summer Afternoon - The Serendipity Singers (1965)
- Corvette Summer - Short Fuses (2000)
- Dance to Summer, A - Horst Jankowski (1970)
- Early Summer Rain - Kevin Welch (1991)
- End of Summer, The - Dar Williams (1997)
- Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx (1988)
- First of Summer, The - The Orioles (1960)
- Glendale, California in the Summer of '63 - Marvin Rainwater (1981)
- Green Leaves of Summer, The - The Chad Mitchell Trio (1964)
- Happy Summer Days - Ronnie Dove (1966)
- Heat of the Highway - Wes McGhee (1985)
- Heat Wave - Linda Ronstadt (1975)
- Hello, Summertime - Bobby Goldsboro (1974)
- Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller (1959)
- Hot Fun in the Summer Time - Sly and the Family Stone (1969)
- Hot Summer Day - It's a Beautiful Day (2000)
- Hot Summer Night - Jim Post (1978)
- Hundred and One in the Sun - The Lennon Sisters (1959)
- Hundred and Ten in the Shade, A - John Fogerty (1997)
- I Love the Summertime - Dean and Jean (1963)
- In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry (1970)
- Indian Summer - Jack Leonard and the Tommy Dorsey (1940)
- Indian Summer Days - Joe Dowell (1966)
- Iowa Summer - Anya Turned and Robert Grusecki (1998)
- It's Been a Lonely Summer - Gale Garnett (1966)
- It's Summertime - The Confidentials (1964)
- It's Summertine U.S.A. - The Pixies Three (1965)
- Just a Summer Memory - Jan Bradley (1966)
- Last Rose of Summer, The - Billie Jo Spears (1978)
- Last Summer - Mantovani and His Orchestra (1968)
- Last Summer Rose, The - John Cowan (2000)
- Lazy Summer Evening - Speedy West (1962)
- Like a Summer Rain - Jan and Dean (1966)
- Lonely Summer - Shades of Blue (1966)
- Long Ago Last Summer - Diana Trask (1960)
- Long Hot Summer - Joe Simon (1966)
- Long Hot Summer Nights - Wendy Waldman (1978)
- Midsummer Night - The Neon Philharmonic (1969)
- Mississippi Summer - Si Kahn (1993)
- My Summer Love - Ruby and the Romantics (1963)
- Night in Summer Long Ago, A - Mark Knopfler (1996)
- Once Upon a Summertime - Sarah Vaughan (1963)
- One Summer Night - The Diamonds (1961)
- Our Summer Romance - Dean Read (1959)
- Sail the Summer Winds - Lyn Paul (1974)
- Secret of the Summer Wind - Stu Phillips (1969)
- Seventeenth Summer - Albert Lee (1987)
- She Likes Warm Summer Days - Henson Cargill (1972)
- Silk and Summer - Delicious Red (2009)
- Six Weeks Every Summer - Terri Hollowell (2007)
- Six-Pack Summer - Phil Vassar (2001)
- Sleepy Summer Days - Don Ho (1967)
- Soft Summer Breeze - Eddie Heywood (1956)
- Soft Words on a Summer Night - Darrell Glenn (1966)
- Some Summer - Jerry Keller (1963)
- Song for a Summer Night - Jack Nitzsche (1963)
- South Dakota Indian Summer - Kathy Bundock Moore (1997)
- South Wind of Summer - The Flatlanders (2002)
- Souvenirs of Summertime - The Rays (1958)
- Spring Cleaning - John McCutcheon (1999)
- Spring, Summer and Wednesdays - Status Quo (1970)
- Starless Summer Sky - Marshall Crenshaw (1996)
- Summer - War (1976)
- Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts (1972)
- Summer Day Reflection Song - Donovan (1967)
- Summer Days - Bob Dylan (2001)
- Summer Dusk - Pierre Vangelis (2008)
- Summer Green and Winter White - The Anita Kerr Singers (1964)
- Summer in Main - Cheryl B (2008)
- Summer in Rhode Island - Dakota Oak (2000)
- Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful (1966)
- Summer is Over - Dusty Springfield (1964)
- Summer Means Fun - Bruce and Terry (1964)
- Summer Morning - Vanity Fare (1970)
- Summer Nights - Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta (1978)
- Summer of '61 - Frankie Avalon (1961)
- Summer of Dreams - David Bryan (1995)
- Summer of Roses - Willie Nelson (2003)
- Summer Place, A - The Lettermen (1965)
- Summer Rain - Belinda Carlisle (1990)
- Summer Roses - Ned Miller (1966)
- Summer Samba (So Nice) - The Walter Wanderley Trio (1966)
- Summer School - Herb Alpert (1965)
- Summer Set - Monty Kelly and His Orchestra (1960)
- Summer Skies and Golden Sands - The Overlanders (1963)
- Summer Solitude - Tyler Rice (2000)
- Summer Solstice - Susan Ashton (1993)
- Summer Song, A - Chad and Jeremy (1965)
- Summer Souvenirs - Karl Hammel, Jr. (1961)
- Summer Sunday - Chet Atkins (1966)
- Summer Sunshine - Glenn Yarbrough (1965)
- Summer Thunder - Mike Auldridge and Jeff Newman (1978)
- Summer, Summer Wind - Kitty Kallen (1967)
- Summer Wind - Desert Rose Band (1988)
- Summer Wine - Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra (1966)
- Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall - Roy Drusky (1964)
- Summer's Almost Over - Cheryl Wheeler (2005)
- Summer's Comin' - Clint Black (1995)
- Summer's Gone - Ian Tyson (1999)
- Summersong - The Johnny Mann Singers (1962)
- Summertime - Kenny Chesney (2006)
- Summertime - The Marcels (1961)
- Summertime Blues - Alan Jackson (1994)
- Summertime in Rhode Island - Someday Providence (2006)
- Summertime in Venice - Al Alberts (1964)
- Summertime Rock - Rodney and the Blazers (1960)
- Summertime, Summertime - The Jamies (1958)
- Sunny Summer Rain - The Vagrants (1967)
- Sweet Summer - Diamond Rio (2001)
- Sweet Summer Day - Freddy Fender (1979)
- Sweet Summer Rain - Rushlow Harris (2004)
- That Summer - Garth Brooks (1993)
- That Summer Night - Buck Dharma (1982)
- That Sunday, That Summer - Natalie Cole (1991)
- Theme from a Summer Place - Billy Vaughn Orchestra (1963)
- Things We Did Last Summer - Jo Stafford (1946)
- Think Summer - Roy Clark (1976)
- Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole (1963)
- Too Darn Hot - Paul Weston Orchestra (1951)
- Unusual Summer, An - John Mills (1999)
- Warm Summer Breeze - Dee Clark (1964)
- Wasn't the Summer Short? - Bob Braun (1965)
- When Snowflakes Fall in Summer - Julie London (1963)
- Whispers of Summer - Eliza Carthy (2004)
- Wonderful Summer - Robin Ward (1963)
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